Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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Great question Cian. I believe that jail should be for rehabilitation mostly. I think it is more beneficial to help people become productive members of society than to toss them in a cell for a few years and give them no support when they get out. This is especially true when more than half of the people in jail are there for drug offenses. However, I do think we should sprinkle in a little suffering here and there. I think that we should punish those who have committed serious crimes against society, particularly if the person is sentenced to jail for life. Jail should be both a place for rehabilitation and a deterrent to future crime in my opinion.
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Interesting article about how the Manhattan DA uses databases to help decide who to prosecute (they try to imprison the really dangerous people, or the ones who are in charge), partly so they don't have to prosecute as many people overall. There are questions about this approach (like, who gets in the database?), but it looks interesting...
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I like the idea of sprinkling punishment on top of the rehabilitation--like a bit of dirt on the cake, so people don't think we're being too nice?
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